The 2nd annual Nicodemus Chautauqua will be held on Saturday, May 26, starting at noon under the big tent in Nicodemus. There will be free food and refreshments for all. The big tent will house visitors and performers and keep you cool under what might be a hot day. Todd Tomar has organized the ‘Nicodemus Old New Timers Band”. They will provide period musical entertainment between performances.

Performers will include stories and history of Nicodemus past. Leroy Walz who portrays, Nicodemus newspaper editor, Lightfoot, will quarrel with Phil Martin portraying W.R. Hill, editor and town organizer. Daniel Moore, portraying postmaster Zach Fletcher, will describe in detail the settler’s response to Native Americans who arrived in the town in the winter of 1878.